Meliscaeva auricollis
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| Meliscaeva auricollis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Meliscaeva |
| Species: | M. auricollis |
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| Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen, 1822) | |
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Meliscaeva auricollis is a West Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1]
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6-9·5 mm. Elongated body. Lunula yellow with a black mark above it. Facial knob or more black; wing. Alula triangular. Tergite 2 usually with small elongate yellow marks, or small triangular marks. Tergites 3 and 4 with a pair of spots or narrowly connected bands. Elongated body. The male terminalia are figured by Hippa (1968).[2] Larva described and figured by Rotheray (1994).[3]
See references for determination.[4]
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